The 145 clay bar that is available at carcaresmart dot com - is that a good choice for begniners....or is that one of the more agressive clay bars?

 

Never seen it before, but if its your first time, just go and pick up a claymagic/meguiar's/mother's clay bar kit from the local auto store. Any one of these will work fine

 

Zaino's Z-18 clay gave me excellent results in removing rail dust (after initial purchase my '06 G35 was full of this stuff), tree sap and some overspray from a wheel repair job. Make sure to always lube with Z6 or Z7 (wash soap diluted with distilled water). No mars or scratches, and make sure to gently rub over the paint.

 

Clay bars are clay bars, you just have to know how to use it.

-sean

 

Not exactly, clay bars come in different levels of abbrasiveness, and some will cause marring on a surface

 

Tru, i dont think anyone on here needs one of those unless they have been offroading in the G IMO.

-sean

 

I have 1, works great and much faster on the lower body panels when you know you are going to polish anyways

 

I have a related question on clay bars. I'll be using it for the first time this spring - I'll practice on my beater before I do it on my G. But, I read many posts on how to use it: wash, claybar, etc, etc.

But, I see a lot of inconsistencies on whether we should wash the car after using the clay bar. Some members say to wash after using the clay bar, others say to go directly into polish/wax.

What's everyone's opinion? Do we need to wash the car after using the clay bar? Or can we go straight into polish/wax?

 

in most cases thats correct

 

..but the point is they need to know what type of clay bar they are using. These things are not excalty labelled well. I have one, but dont really know if its mild, abrasive etc.

From what I read, i believe the rule of thumb is that white/grey is mild....and red/blue is abrasive.

 

I just picked up mothers clay bar kit this morning at advanced auto. Someone posted you need to know HOW to use it. Any tips / advice? or should u just follow the directions?

 

I used the mothers clay bar, it was gold. Did a great job..i cant see anyone needing more than that unless their car gets abused pretty hard by outside contaiminents.

-sean

 

Over the years here there have been tons of threads on claybar.

You know the drill.........

Search is your friend....lol

 

One key in using the clay bar is to use lots of lube/spray so the clay moves
without draging.......follow the body line when using it.......run your hands
over the surface so you know the particulates are gone......then wash your
car completely. You don't want to add your wax to anything left on your
painted surface. Good Luck.......have fun!

 

Except Sonus's aggressive block claybar is grey, and clay magic's mild clay is blue, so two of the most popular clays out there already don't follow that rule. Best way to know is just to be sure you know what you are buying, and keep stuff labeled.